This guide is designed
to assist the newly-recruited Venturing crew Advisor in using the Venturing
program planning process to get a crew up and running and off to a successful
start. Highlights include: What is Venturing, Program Goals, Program Methods,
Crew Orientation, Steps to Getting Your Crew Up and Running, Leadership Position
Responsibilities, and Hints for Successful Crew Operation. It also provides
information on suggested crew activities, cooperative and problem solving
games, and suggested agendas.
Powder Horn
Powder Horn is a
7-day course (also offered in the weekend variety) on high adventure resources.
It is not a personal development course like Wood Badge or even a skills course.
It will let you experience many high adventure skills, learn where to get
the resources to support high adventure programs, and how to offer those
programs in such an exciting, out-of-the-box way that teens will keep coming
back to meetings and activities. For more information, see the Powder
Horn Fact Sheet.
Nature of Leadership Treks
Leadership and service
to others are two key tenets of Venturing, the Boy Scouts of America's fast
growing teenage program. The new Nature of Leadership Treks teaches useable,
relevant leadership skills that every teen can use. For more information,
see the Nature
of Leadership Treks Fact Sheet.
Venturing Leader Specific Training (No. 33491C)
This training introduces
the new adult crew leader to Venturing by providing basic information needed
to successfully operate a crew. This information includes the purpose and
mission of Venturing; characteristics of Venture-aged youth; organization
and leadership of the crew; and program planning and officer training.
Video Support
These videos are
available to support training in the following areas:
Briefing the
Organizing Committee (AV-03V012)
Moments in
Common (AV-03V005)
Revised New
Crew Fast Start (AV-03V013)
Selling Venturing
to the Head of an Organization (AV-03V011)
Youth Protection
Guidelines: Training for Adult Venturing Leaders (AV-03V014)
Youth Protection:
Personal Safety Awareness (AV-09V027)
